Christopher Sallon

Breathing life into Beethoven: a thrilling Triple Concerto and vibrant Fourth Symphony at Tanglewood

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United StatesUnited States Tanglewood Festival 2024 [10] – Beethoven: Kirill Gerstein (piano), Joshua Bell (violin), Steven Isserlis (cello), Boston Symphony Orchestra / Alan Gilbert (conductor). Koussevitzky Shed, Lenox, 4.8.2024. (CSa)

Joshua Bell, Steven Isserlis, and Kirill Gerstein perform Beethoven’s Triple Concerto at Tanglewood © Hilary Scott

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New Art from Old: the Danish String Quartet present a final gift from Schubert and a wreath from Adès

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United StatesUnited States Tanglewood Festival 2024 [9] – Various: Danish String Quartet (Frederik Øland, Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen [violins], Asbjørn Nørgaard [viola], Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin, Johannes Rostamo [cellos]). Seiji Ozawa Hall, Lenox, 1.8.2024. (CSa)

Danish String Quartet at the Tanglewood Festival 2024 © BSO / Hilary Scott

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Christie’s Tanglewood Fairy Queen has some magic moments but ultimately fails to enchant

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United StatesUnited States Tanglewood Festival 2024 [5] – Purcell, The Fairy Queen: Soloists, Les Arts Florissants / William Christie (music director). Seiji Ozawa Hall, Tanglewood, 18.7.2024. (CSa)

Georgia Burashko sings ‘Ye gentle spirits of the air, appear!’ © Hilary Scott

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Hail Fellows, well played: Youthful Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra comes of age in Shostakovich’s Fifth

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United StatesUnited States Tanglewood Festival 2024 [2] – Dvořák, Coleridge-Taylor and Shostakovich: Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra / Ross Jamie Collins, Na’zir McFadden, Andris Nelsons (conductors). Koussevitsky Music Shed. Lenox, 8.7.2024. (CSa)

Na’zir McFadden conducts the TMCO © Hilary Scott / BSO

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